Surprising

Rating: 8/10 (18 December 2005)

When 4 people at the rental store recommended this movie, I thought, they have to be kidding, but I watched it and WOW, there are a few scenes that don't seem to work, but even the worst of the "oh yeah, like that is going to happen" scenes has some plausibility in the script (The key lies in what they eventually say is going on in Lincoln's brain) the first half of the story is the better thinking person's movie and as Roger Ebert has said, the second part is an action movie. I don't particularly like action movies but this one was pretty good as it goes.
All in all the credit for this goes not to the stars but to the director and to the glue that makes it work, Steve Buscemi who is just brilliant in every scene.